Since the birth of the United States Military Academy in 1802, there has been a growing debate on the primary mission of the Academy. Does the Military Academy exist solely to produce officers capable of performing their war-time mission in the...

To produce leaders of character, the Academy uses a rigid system of regulations that governs the behaviors of cadets. Thus, the Academy uses discipline as a tool to teach cadets to obey rules and to accept authority. Although renowned for its...

Several historical documents state that "conditions" endured during the early phases of the Seminole War caused the resignation of over 100 company-grade officers between March and December of 1836, most of whom were West Point graduates. For...

Armistice, German tanks, mechanized infantry, and dive-bombers raced across Poland to start World War II. Between November 1918 and September 1939, the German Army transformed the potential of the tank and the airplane into the realities of modern...

However, in addition to the classroom instruction on engineering topics and disciplines that cadets received from various Academy professors, enlisted engineer soldiers and officers who were assigned to duty at West Point provided instruction and...

Physical education at the United States Military Academy can be traced to the first graduate and second Superintendent. Joseph G. Swift, the first graduate, cited in his diary, of hurrying off to field sport in 1802 upon completion of the day’s...

6 p. ; 32 x 21 cm Officer, Continental Army, lawyer, statesman. Report to the Secretary of War, proposing a basic plan for the organization, administration and curriculum of a national military academy